Rudyard KiplingSea and Sussex from Rudyard Kipling&#39;s Verse London - Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1926. London - Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1926 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A beautifully illustrated copy of Rudyard Kipling&#39;s poetical work, Sea and Sussex. Signed by the illustrator, Donald Maxwell. With twenty-five coloured plates. Maxwell trained in London at the Clapham School of Art, the Slade School of Fine Art, and the Royal College of Art. He was soon writing and illustrating extensively for The Yachting Monthly and other magazines. In about 1909, he became a regular correspondent for the Daily Graphic and the weekly illustrated paper The Graphic and continued to do so until it closed in 1932. In later life he wrote weekly illustrated articles for the Church Times. Condition: In original cloth binding with giltlettering to the spine and front board. Externally, cloth is rubbed, with marks to the boards. Slight sunning to the spine. Cloth is splitting to the front joint. Internally, generally firmly bound, bright and generally clean, aside from the very occasional spot, which is heavier to endpapers. Overall: GOOD ONLY..

LAWRENCE, D. HMovements in European History Oxford & London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, 1926. Oxford & London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford,, 1926. Octavo. Original grey cloth, titles and decoration to spine and front board in dark green. Frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Lightly rubbed at extremities, joints fraying a little, a couple of minor marks to rear board, endpapers and endleaves faintly foxed and tanned. An excellent copy. Revised and expanded edition. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page: "To the Wilkinsons, from D. H. Lawrence". Lawrence&#39;s school textbook was originally published in 1921 under the pseudonym Lawrence H. Davison and was reissued under his real name in 1925. This is a revised edition of the latter, intended "for Irish Schools, with appendices on Early Mediterranean History, Ireland and the Normans, Ireland and Foreign Countries" (title page imprint).

Raymond EscholierDelacroix - Paris - H. Floury, 1926. - Paris - H. Floury, 1926 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. &#39;La Vie et L&#39;Art Romantiques; Delacriox, Pientre, Gravueur, Ecrivain&#39;, is a set of works on the life and works of Ferdinand Delacroix, written by Raymond Escholier. Ferdinand Victor Eugne Delacroix (26 April 1798 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school. Delacroix&#39;s use of expressive brushstrokes and his study of the optical effects of colour profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists, while his passion for the exotic inspired the artists of the Symbolist movement. A fine lithographer, Delacroix illustrated various works of William Shakespeare, the Scottish writer Walter Scott and the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Raymond Escholier, aka Raymond-Antoine-Marie-Emmanuel Escolar, worked as a Journalist, Novelist and French Art Critic. He also spent time curating the &#39;Maison de Victor Hugo Museum&#39; and the &#39;Petit Palais&#39; in Paris. Includes frontispieces to each, numerousplates and illustrations throughout. Contains Volume I (1798-1832), Volume II (1832-1848), Volume III (1848-1868). Original paper wraps bound in. In French. Condition: In a half morocco binding with marbled boards and original paper wraps bound in. Externally, a trifle rubbed with some wear to the top and tail of the spines and the lower part of the backstrip of Volume II missing. Marks to the boards and rubbing to the joints with the front hinge of Volume II beginning to work loose. Internally, firmly bound, generally bright with some occasional age toningto the margins andwith some scattered spotting, generally to the first and last pages and to some of the plates, due to the paper used. Overall Condition: GOOD..

Charles SeymourThe Intimate Papers of Colonel House. In four volumes 28 - London - Ernest Benn Limited, 1926. 28 - London - Ernest Benn Limited, 1926 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. A first edition of this set of the papers and letters of Edward Mandell House, advisorto Woodrow Wilson. First Edition. Complete in four volumes. Each volume features a photographic frontispiece. Volume I: Behind the Political Curtain 1912-1915; volume II: From Neutrality to War 1915-1917; volume III: Into the World War 1917-1918; volume IV: The Ending of the War 1918-1919. Edward Mandell House (July 26 1858 March 28 1938) was an American diplomat, politician, and presidential advisor. Commonly known by the title of Colonel House, although he had no military experience, he had enormous influenceon U. S. President Woodrow Wilson as his foreign policy advisor until Wilson removed him in 1919. Condition: In cloth bindings. Externally, generally smart with just some shelfwear and slight loss to thehead of the spine of volume I. Some fading and a few marks. Internally, firmly bound. Some scattered light foxing to volumes III and IV butthefirst two volumes arevery clean throughout. Travellers Club labels to the front pastedowns. Overall: GOOD..

Mario MeunierLa L?gende de Socrate Paris - H. Piazza, 1926. Paris - H. Piazza, 1926 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. A first edition of thisaccount of the life and teachings of Socrates in French. Photographic frontispiece of a bust of Socrates. Numer 139 of a limited print of five hundred printed on Japanese paper. Condition: Rebound in half-calf with marbled boards, with original paper binding bound in. Externally smart, with somewear to the spine and some marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are mildly browned but very clean throughout, with just the odd spot. Overall: VERY GOOD INDEED..

Arthur Conan DoyleThe Land of Mist London - Hutchinson and Co., 1926. London - Hutchinson and Co., 1926 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. The Land of Mistis a novel by Arthur Conan Doylein 1926. Although this is a Professor Challenger story, it centres more on his daughter Enid and his old friend Edward Malone. Another friend from The Lost World, Lord John Roxton, is also involved in the novel&#39;s second half. First edition. With dedication to front dated Jan. 1926 and publisher&#39;s catalogue to rear dated Spring 1926. The Land of Mistwas heavily influenced by Doyle&#39;s growing belief in Spiritualism after the death of his son, brother, and two nephews in World War I, the book focuses on Edward Malone&#39;s at first professional, and later personal interest in Spiritualism. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL (1859 - 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. Condition: In a cloth binding. Externally, sound but with some wear to extremities, joints starting slightly, slight rubbing, odd marks and stains to boards. Front hinge tender. Internally, generally firmly bound although strained in places. Bright but with occasional scattered spotting mostly to first and last pages and text block edge. With loss to front free endpaper. Overall: GOOD ONLY.

Edmond RostandChantecler Paris -Charpentier etFasquelle, 1926. Paris -Charpentier etFasquelle, 1926 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A copy of &#39;Chantecler; Piece en Quatre Actes, en Vers&#39;Edmond Eugne Alexis Rostand (1 April 1868 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism, and is best known for his play Cyrano de Bergerac. Rostand&#39;s romantic plays provided an alternative to the naturalistic theatre popular during the late nineteenth century. Includes a bookplate from the private library of one Lesley Lewis and bound in original paper wraps. In French. Condition: In a half morocco binding with marbled boards. Externally, very smart with some rubbing and wear to the spine and a mark to the front board. Internally, firmly bound and clean with some age toning. Overall Condition: VERY GOOD INDEED..

Anita Loos, with illustrations by Ralph BartonGentlemen Prefer Blondes London- Brantano's Ltd., 1926. London- Brantano&#39;s Ltd., 1926 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. A tidy example of Anita Loos&#39; debut novel. Seventh impression of the first edition. Anita Loos (April 26th, 1888 August 18th, 1981) was an American screenwriter, playwright and author. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady is a comic novel first published in 1925. Loos was inspired to write the book after watching a sexy blonde turn intellectual H. L. Mencken into a lovestruck schoolboy. The book was filmed twice and made into a Broadway musical in 1949 starring Carol Channing. The first film version was released in 1928 and starred Ruth Taylor and Alice White. Better known is the 1953 film version of the musical, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. Condition: Quarter-bound in cloth. Externally, smart with some shelfwear and slight fading to extremities but otherwise bright. Internally, binding loosening very slightly after first gathering. Generally bright and clean with slight offsetting to title page. Overall: VERY GOOD.

Milne, A. AWinnie The Pooh London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1926. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1926 First edition, first printing. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. Bound in the publisher&#39;s dark green cloth, with Christopher Robin and Pooh image stamped in gilt to the front board, spine lettering in gilt, pictorial endpapers. A near fine copy, with some light wear to the extremities, bright gilt, minor rubbing to the front board, small bookseller&#39;s plate to the front pastedown, very light offsetting to front free endpapers, otherwise extremely bright and fresh interior. Overall, a bright and fresh copy. Winnie-the-Pooh is the second in Milne&#39;s series of children&#39;s books featuring the adventures of the teddy bear character Winnie the Pooh and his friends. Each telling an individual and complete story, the chapters of Winnie-the-Pooh could be read independently of one another.. Illus. by Shepard, Ernest H.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

Lurcat, JeanRoger ou les a cote de l'ombrelle (Jean Lurcat, author and illustrator) Meudon: Editions de l'Ombrelle (Jean Budry), 1926 - FIRST AND ONLY EDITION (aside from cheap recent reprints) OF ONE OF THE GREAT EROTIC NOVELS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. This erotic novel, generally attributed to artist Jean Lurcat, is illustrated with 5 stunning, graphically erotic. hand-colored hors-texte etchings (the etchings are undoubtedly by Lurcat). Edition limited to 112 numbered copies, of which this is one of 100 printed on fine pink Ingres laid paper. Squarish 8vo. Original printed wraps. Wraps lightly worn and soiled, but still attractive. Internally uncut, FINE AND BRIGHT. Pia col. 1277; Perceau 331 (Perceau mentions that this book was published at 225 francs in 1926, and by 1930 was already worth 350 francs). A NEAR-PRISTINE COPY OF AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE BOOK. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

Milne, A. AWinnie the Pooh New York: E. P. Dutton, 1926-01-01. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1926. First Edition, First Printing, with the copyright page dated 1926, with no subsequent printings listed. In original dust jacket. In Very Good condition, in a Good+ dust jacket. Clean text, though pages show light signs of use and age, with a few age-related spots and some light thumbing. Bookplate from previous owner at verso of front free end paper, causing waviness and wear to end paper and half title page. Cloth shows light rubbing at corners, spine ends and to gilt. Two-inch vertical bubble to cloth at about center right edge of front board. The dust jacket shows rubbing and soiling, wear along folds, chipping and tears at spine ends, tear at interior of rear spine fold, fading to spine. First American edition of this beloved classic, rare, in the original dust jacket.

BEAUMONT, CYRIL W.:The History of Harlequin. . With a preface by Sacheverell Sitwell. With cover design and decorations by Claudia Guercio and illustrations, 5 fullsize handcoloured, from contemporary sources. London: C.W. Beaumont 1926. 156 pp. No 244 of 325 copies. Publisher's decorated boards. * Signed presentation copy with a large inscription to the Danish critic Svend Kragh Jacobsen and with his bookplate..

Maranek, Jiri.Vystrel Na Slepo (A Shot in the Dark). Pribeh z provincie. (Praha), Edice Olymp, [1926].. Large Octavo. 44 pages. First edition in publisher's printed wrappers - Typography of the wrappers by Vit Obrtel. A very good, uncut copy, some edge wear and minor browning. One of only 500 copies (this one unnumbered). Signed and inscribed by Marnek in the year of publication. [Edice Olymp - Svazek 4].. (Sprache: Czech)

Pearl, Raymond60 offprints Raymond Pearl American biologist Various 1901-1926 - Full list available. A large selection of offprints by Raymond Pearl American biologist 1879-1940. "Pearl is regarded as one of founders of biogerontology." Wikipedia. Several of the offprints are presentation copies. Some contain the stamps of: Edmund B. Wilson, Karl Sax, E. N. Harvey and Dept. of Zoology Univ. of N. Carolina. Most are in very good condition, a few are chipped at edges, and a few have insect damage. Overall a large group of uncommon offprints. First editions. Original wraps. Some of the titles included: Studies on the Effects of Electricity on Organisms. II - The Reactions of Hydra to the Constant Current (1901); On The Mortality Due to Congenital Malformations, with Especial Reference to the Problem of the Relative Vatiability of the Sexes (1903); The Nature of the Stimulus Which Causes a Shell to be Formed on a Bird's Egg w/ Frank M. Surface (1909); Biometrics (1909); Experiments in Breeding Sweet Corn w/Frank M. Surface (1910); A Case of Hypospadias in a Ram (1912); Genetics and Eugenics: A Consideration of the Relation of Animal Experimentation to Human Inheritance and Infant Conservation (1912); and many others. Science. Offprints. Genetics. Antiquarian. * [Attributes: Soft Cover]

Marco PoloThe Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East. Translated and edited with notes, by Colonel sir Henry YULE. In Two Volumes COMPLETE John Murray, London 1926 - No extra postage will be asked for. Original illustrated green cloth with bright gilt titling and black tooling on spine, rubbed to edges. Slightly raised cloth to upper cover. Name of the old French Norman family Montgomery Bonnardel written onto end papers. Tissue guarded frontis portrait to both volumes. Plates. Folding maps and documents. Volume I: cii, 462pp. Volume II: xxii, 662pp. Translated and Edited, with notes by Colonel Sir Henry Yule. This Third Edition, revised throughout in the light of recent discoveries by Henri Cordier (of Paris). With a memoir of Henry Yule by his daughter, Amy Frances Yule. Complete in 2 Volumes. With maps and illustrations Contents very clean and tightly bound. 8vo [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Antonio G. Quattrini; preface by General Nobile; translated by Carol Della ChiesaTITINA: THE DOG THAT FLEW OVER THE NORTH POLE New York: Il Carroccio Publishing Co, 1926. New York: Il Carroccio Publishing Co, 1926. First Edition. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. The story of the little terrier who was on Amundsen&#39;;s expedition over the North Pole. Penned by Antonio Quattrini, the Italian journalist who accompanied the journey, along with Umberto Nobile who was Titina&#39;;s master and the engineer and pilot of the dirigible Norge. Titina joined the expedition because she simply could not stand being separated from her master. Sixteen people and one dog -- led by Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth -- crossed the North Pole from Norway to Alaska in the Norge. Upon the triumphant return, the crew -- including Titina -- were feted worldwide. At the White House, when meeting Calvin Coolidge, Titina peed on the carpet. Rarely was anyone so excited to meet President Coolidge. Remarakably scarce item, with no copies on OCLC. Very Good binding.

Francis, Grant ROLD ENGLISH DRINKING GLASSES Their Chronology and Sequence Herbert Jenkins 1926. . Herbert Jenkins 1926. . 4to. xxxiii + 222pp. 385 ills. on 72 plates, 8 additional plates (only present in this edition). E.ps. lightly browned, original gilt lettered vellum backed cloth, very minor soiling to spine sl. creased to head, t.e.g. No. 68 of a Signed Limited Edition of 100 de Luxe Copies.& Standard work.& &#147;Eighteenth Century drinking glasses possess an interest to the collector which yields nothing in intensity to that which is afforded by china, furniture, old silver ... the cult of collecting old English glasses offers at once a field for study and for information on a typical British industry, and a prospect of profitable investment for the future, which will well repay those who approach it with knowledge and foresight ...&#148; Introduction. Additional postage may be necessary US$549

ROBERTSON, Dennis HolmeBanking Policy and the Price Level London: P. S. King & Son, Ltd, 1926. London: P. S. King & Son, Ltd,, 1926. An Essay in the theory of the trade cycle. Octavo. Publisher&#39;s green cloth, spine lettered gilt, front cover blocked in blind. Ownership inscription dated Spring 1926 to front free endpaper. Front cover with splashmark, small puncture to inner hinge of front cover. Occasional light spotting. A very good copy. First edition. In Banking policy and the Price level, Robertson developed his earlier theme, first displayed in A Study of Industrial Fluctuation (1915), of the importance of saving and investment as the determinants of the level of economic activity, with the banking systems as the means whereby savings are transferred (or not transferred) into investment. "It is not extravagant to claim this work and not Keynes&#39;s General Theory as the fountainhead of modern macroeconomic dynamics" (Blaug).

HUYSMANS, Jorris KarlAgainst the Grain (A Rebors) [together with] Down There (La-Bas) London: The Fortune Press,. London: The Fortune Press,, [1926 and 1930]. 2 works, octavo. Original black buckram, titles to spines gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With the dust jackets. Work 1: rubbing to the corners, mild spotting to endpapers and tanning to the margins of leaves; work 2 only mild tanning to the endpapers. Both excellent copies in mildly rubbed, spine-tanned and soiled jackets. Limited issue Fortune Press editions of Huysman&#39;s two major works (originally published in 1884 and 1891 respectively); Against the Grain: first English edition, first printing, one of just 250 numbered copies in the better binding; Down There: one of a numbered 2000 copies on Antique Laid Paper. A Rebors, Huysman&#39;s celebrated decadent novel, has long been revered, both in its own right and because it was famously the book which Oscar Wilde made Dorian Gray read as his tutelary manual of aestheticism, describing it as "the strangest book he had ever read". Copies of this limited edition of Against the Grain are very scarce in this state. La Bas introduced Huysman&#39;s semi-autobiographical character Durtal who, disgusted with the shallow vulgarity of the modern world, turns to the mediaeval past for solace, and eventually finds (and enters) a thriving underworld of black magic and practising Satanism in fin de siècle France.

Liesegang, Raphael Ed.11 offprints Raphael Ed. Liesegang Various 1922-1926 - "Raphael Eduard Liesegang (November 1, 1869 ? November 13, 1947) was a German chemist, photographer and entrepreneur born in Elberfeld.He is known for his work on Liesegang rings. He also helped develop the methods of capillary analysis, a precursor to paper chromatography, published a paper on the possibility of television (years before the discovery of the electron), contributed to chromosome theory, worked on properties of aerosols and gelatins, the origins of silicosis, the role of carbon dioxide in plant life and the mechanism of both black and white and colour photographic processes." Wikipedia. 11 scarce offprints, 8 with the stamp of Wilhelm Caspari Berlin-born physician and bacteriologist, a world-renowned specialist in the field of cancer research, who died in the Lodz Ghetto in 1944. The father of German-American zoologist and geneticist Ernst Caspari. Titles included: Die Diffusion der Lokalanasthetika (1926) Some tearing to bottom edge, else very good.; Schwefelverbindungen in der photographischen Gelatine (1926) reprinted from Sonderdruck d. "photogr.Industrie" 24. Jahrg., Heft 18 3. Mai 1926; Die Ausweriung gefarbter Praparate (1924) some tearing and chipping; Die Vorgange bei der Bindegewebeversilberung nach Bielschowsky (1924); Zur Haftdruck-Theorie (1924) some tearing and chipping to edges, not affecting text.; Gefass-Studien (1924); Eine neue Umkehrerscheinung (1921) Some creasing; Eine Warmewirkung bei der Niederschlagsbildung in Gallerten (1925) minor chip to edge with few closed tears; Eine reversible Trubungserscheinung (1922) Some chipping and tears; Strahlungswirkung auf Kolloide Circa early 20s, small chip else very good; Die Diffusion der Lokalanasthetika nd. Overall very good scarce group of offprints. First edition.* [Attributes: Soft Cover]

Van Dine, S.SThe Benson Murder Case NY: Charles Scribner&#39;s Sons, 1926. hardcover. VG/VG+. 1st edition, 1st printing. First of the Philo Vance mysteries. Basis for the 1930 film starring William Powell as Philo Vance. Book has spotted and soiled spine and boards. Jacket is from a vintage A.L Burt reprint and has chipping at spine and flap fold ends and edge creases. We offer a LIFETIME GUARANTEE. See KHBOOKS for details.

Fitzgerald, F. ScottTyped Letter Signed. 1926 . Great Gatsby 1926 - ("Will H. Hays"), 1 page, New York City, November 3, 1926 on Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America, Inc. letterhead to studio executive, producer Jesse L. Lasky at Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. 11" x 8 1/2". Very good (three file holes/short tears top edge). The silent film of "The Great Gatsby" was released by Lasky's company in New York City on 21 November, 1926. On August 27th, 1926, it had previously been shown in Portugal. No prints of the film are known to survive. Hays (1879-1954) was head of the MPPDA 1922-1945. The Hays Code for film censorship was named for him.

Buckley, WilfredEUROPEAN GLASS. A brief outline of the History of Glass Making, with Notes on various Methods of Glass Decoration, illustrated by examples in the collection of the Author. With a Foreword by Bernard Rackham and with an Essay on Dutch Glass Engravers by Dr. Ferrand Hudig Ernest Benn Limited 1926. . Ernest Benn Limited 1926. . De Luxe Ed. 4to. xxxvi + 96pp. Cold. frontis., 109 plates showing examples of drinking glasses, bowls, carafes, bottles, vases etc. Bound in full gilt lettered publishers&#146; leather binding very sl. rubbed to corners and head and tail of spine, t.e.g. No. 22 of a De-Luxe Edition of 35 Copies, printed on Handmade paper.& Additional postage may be necessary US$488